(Commonwealth, slang, intransitive) To be silly, act stupid or mess around.
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Stop arsing around!
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He was university material, just arsing about as a rigger, arsing about, killing time with bohunks like me […] .
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1985, Sam McAughtry, McAughtry's War, page 10:
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Pi, upset, roars, "Quit arsing around there and get cracking," and a dozen heads turn their way.
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2005, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, page 291:
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He was half-expecting a call from the lingua, telling him to stop arsing around, but his com stayed silent, so it looked like a certain amount of arsing around was allowed.
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2011, Jaine Fenn, Bringer of Light, unnumbered page: